Few researches like Whyte (1980)("The social life of small urban spaces") and Francis et al., (2012) ("&Creating sense of community: the role of public space") etc., have also highlighted how shops and food stalls in public spaces are associated with sense of community, as they act as gathering space aiding casual interaction.

Presence of Economic activities in public spaces adds both meaning and character to the public spaces. The economic activities also benefits from the facilities the public spaces afford and the access to wider public (who inturn become their customers). Economic activities itself sometimes becomes the reason for people to visit and engage at public spaces. The economic activities could include daily hawkers occupying the available open space, food carts, popup markets during festivals, weekly markets, art festivals etc. The famous economic activity in Bengaluru related to the seasonal food are the "kadlekai pershe" (groundnut- fair) and "averebele mela" (Hyacinth Bean fair). These are annual fairs, that draw a lot of people to the public spaces where they are held. They not only have shops that sell the perticular seeds/ fooditems, but also has other stalls selling traditional toys, mehendi tattoo, etc. The other such economic activity that could be observed is the "open mARTket" popup on Church Street, Bengaluru, organised by "broke artist's collective" (@collective.brokeartists). This makes the street completely pedestrianised and brings in all the art-lovers to interact at that public space. Which gives exposure to the artists and help them sell their work and also adds a colorful vibe and purpose to that public space. These examples and the fact that Bengaluru itself developed around its economic area "the Pete area" , shows the interdependence between economic activity and public spaces.